What is the combined height of the tallest mountains in each part of the UK (AKA, Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland)? Second closest will also receive a sympathy prize. You can post your answers in the thread for this one. Answers by tomorrow evening please.

1. Queenie visited a town in Dorset in October. What was the name of the town, and, for bonus points, why was it special? (4)

2. In November, Donald Trump won the US election. What was his best tweet? (3)

3. Who won the Sport’s personality of the year this year (despite having no personality) (2)

TV

4. Which channel signed a deal to air The Great British Bake Off from next year? (2)

5. Who announced they would present Top Gear for its second season (and for bonus points, who are they replacing?) (3)

6. Which Channel 4 gameshow will air its final episode on the 23rd December? (3)

7. Candice Brown was crowned the 7th winner of The Great British Bake Off. Name one other. (5)

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Anagrams of yet more dead people, I'd like the name and, once again, bonus points for the exact date.

8. CACHE HON MILLIONS (3)

9. ANIMAL CLICKS (4)

10. GRAVE HEAT PUN (4)

11. ALONE NEXT JOSH (3)

12. HURRICANE RUN

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13. Theresa May was photographed in a pair of pretty expensive trousers. To the nearest £100, how expensive were they? (4)

14. On which date did BBC 3 become an online only experience? (7)

Deadline for this round is 2000 Thursday 22nd December.

Grey questions are double or nothing. You can choose to skip them completely. If you answer correctly, you double your points for the round. If you answer incorrectly, you half your points for the round. Your choice.

1. Queenie visited a town in Dorset in October. What was the name of the town, and, for bonus points, why was it special? (4)Poundbury, it was partly planned by Prince Charles.

2. In November, Donald Trump won the US election. What was his best tweet? (3)A wide selection here.

3. Who won the Sport’s personality of the year this year (despite having no personality) (2)Andy Murray

TV

4. Which channel signed a deal to air The Great British Bake Off from next year? (2)Channel 4

5. Who announced they would present Top Gear for its second season (and for bonus points, who are they replacing?) (3)Matt Le Blanc, replacing Chris Evans

6. Which Channel 4 gameshow will air its final episode on the 23rd December? (3)Deal or No Deal

7. Candice Brown was crowned the 7th winner of The Great British Bake Off. Name one other. (5)Anyone from this list

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Anagrams of yet more dead people, I'd like the name and, once again, bonus points for the exact date.

8. CACHE HON MILLIONS (3)Michael Nicholson

9. ANIMAL CLICKS (4)Ian McCaskill

10. GRAVE HEAT PUN (4)Peter Vaughan

11. ALONE NEXT JOSH (3)Alex Johnstone

12. HURRICANE RUNNobody went for this, and I'm not surprised. This was a trick question by all accounts, as the answer is "Hurricane Run", a race horse who was put down.

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13. Theresa May was photographed in a pair of pretty expensive trousers. To the nearest £100, how expensive were they? (4)£1000, £995 to be precise

14. On which date did BBC 3 become an online only experience? (7)16th February

At the end of this round, the bonus pot stands at 36.

Anagram round in particular really screwed some people over.

Well, before we move into the final phase of the quiz, let's take one last look at the leaderboard.

1st - PiGreat - 108(18)

2nd - GuitarHero - 51(22)

3rd - Garf - 29(13)

4th - Edd - 25(5)

We now enter the final rounds of the quiz. As the light outside dims, so too does the chance of anyone finishing with positive points. One Bonus Round. One Final Round. One Special Round. It's all to play for.

Final Bonus

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PM one of the following options. If more than one person chooses the same option, anyone who chose that option loses half their points.

3. What's so special about leap days anyway? Tell me about them. (M5)An extra day added usually every 4 years. A complete rotation around the sun takes 365 days and approximately 6 hours, hence the need for an extra day every 4 years. On years which are dividable by 100, but not 400, and extra day is not added (don't see: 1600 or 2000).

4. How many more Electoral College Votes did Donald Trump win than Hillary Clinton?77

5. What's the funniest thing you've heard all year? (5)

6. 2016 will be 1 second longer than normal. Why? (M5)Because we haven't suffered enough. Also due to irregularities in the Earth's orbit. Unlike leap days, these aren't added regularly, but decided by the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service.

7. What was the best meme of the year?Me

A Year in Search

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8. Pokemon Go was the most searched term in Google this year. Name two others. (4)You could have had iPhone 7, Donald Trump, Prince, Powerball, David Bowie, Deadpool, Olympics, Slither.io, Suicide Sqaud